Citalopram Manufacturer Change (Page 7)
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Mail order changed my citalopram manufacturer from Amneal to Aurobindo. Have noticed side effect after the change. Should this be happening? Anyone els have this issue with manufacturer change?

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I too have been taking Citalopram for several years. One manufacture worked just fine and I was having no issues or relaps of depression, but when they changed the manufacture I could obtain, my depression came back. The pharmacist told me that "they are the same" and made me feel that I was just imagining it...I talked to my doctor and he believe that manufactures CAN make a difference in the way it affect you. Try to see if you can get your pharmacy to get the previous manufacturer, but if not, your doctor may have to increase the dose to make it "work again". Best of luck.

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You are not imagining it -- I have had to switch generic manufacterers several times with my tramadol prescription for fibromyalgia. This last week the "good" brand (Mylan) which has worked very well for me, this time gave me a scary reaction. I am asking my dr to allow me to try compounding in order to avoid the ingredients that cause this reaction (which I have experienced with other generic prescriptions that I had been taking successfully) -- if I can figure out what it is!

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I have to specifically request Auribindo, as whenever I take Amneal, it is like I'm not taking ANY citalopram at all. Does anyone else have this problem?

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JC - I haven't been taking this med, but i wanted to share with you that it IS in fact possible to experience different effects between generic manufacturers. Even though ratios of active ingredients are supposed to be the same, the inert (inactive) ingredients are allowed to differ by a certain margin. Not to mention different manufacturing standards / facilities / etc. Sometimes if you mention this to your doctor or pharmacist, they can try to obtain the product from the other manufacturer, but this does not always work - it's all about supply chain and sometimes a specific manufacturer has a temporary shortage, or another manufacturer offers better prices to the distributors. I hope this info is helpful. Please feel free to share any other details about your experiences. I'd also be interested to know if anybody else is having issues with the Aurobindo product??

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